Liverpool handed Marc Guehi transfer blow as Steve Parish explains Crystal Palace stance

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Daily Mirror IconSportFootballLiverpool transfer newsLiverpool failed to get a £35million deal over the line for Marc Guehi in the summer and face lots of competition for the Crystal Palace defender in the coming monthsCrystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has hinted that the club would prefer to lose Marc Guehi for nothing at the end of the season, rather than sell him in the January transfer window. It was Parish who pulled the plug on a £35million deadline day move to Liverpool and he has now explained Palace’s stance.Guehi had been all set to leave for Liverpool before Palace changed their minds on selling their captain without being able to find a replacement.

And it seems that Palace would not be interested in earning a fee in the New Year and would rather have Guehi’s services until the end of the 2025/26 campaign.READ MORE: Alan Shearer tears into Liverpool stars as Arne Slot decision slammed - 'Alarm bells'READ MORE: Liverpool and Man Utd receive message from £75m transfer target – 'I'm glad'“We needed to keep Marc because the difference between us having a stellar season and having a relegation-threatened season is us winning five games or not,” Parish told Men in Blazers.“So the margins in the Premier League are very tight and you have to remember that Michael [Olise] has gone, we’re OK, Ebbs (Eberechi Eze) has gone, we’re OK, Wilfred [Zaha] went, we’re OK. But he was fine about it, staying, if that was the decision we made.“Obviously it means all of the ball is in his court tremendously as a player and he’s got the choice of wherever he wants to go.

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